Wellbeing and Professional Performance Resources

We have a programme dedicated to workplace wellbeing and professional performance across Harper & Keele Vet School, Garden Vets at Keele, and Consort E3.

A conceptual framework underpins our approach to wellbeing and professional performance across the three domains.

The following video provides an overview of this framework called ‘The Contextual Developmental Approach’ (CDA).

We divide workplace well-being and professional performance into three domains:

  • Psychologically skilled individuals: Supporting individuals to develop skills in psychological thinking and strategies applied to the workplace.

  • Curriculum integration: Augmenting the veterinary surgeon training curriculum with skills in psychological thinking and strategies.

  • Psychologically healthy organisations: Using psychological knowledge to foster a healthy and effective work environment.

We run multiple projects to generate new knowledge through research and evaluation. This information is utilised for various applied projects (e.g., staff training, curriculum development to enhance performance and wellbeing for those working in the veterinary industry.

The following diagram summarises the main areas of work within each domain.

A number of resources are available to facilitate performance and well-being with individuals and teams. These resources are provided below grouped according to the relevant domain.

Psychologically Skilled Individuals

Performance & Wellbeing Bootcamp

The Performance & Wellbeing Bootcamp is our foundation course in applying psychological thinking and strategies to the workplace. The training is grouped into three parts addressing competency development in the areas of critical reflective practice, self-management, and interpersonal skills. You can attend this training live in-person, or watch on-demand student and general staff versions.

On-Demand Student Version

Workshop Preparation

Part 1- Reflect to Progress

Part 2- Effective Self-Management

Part 3- Self in Context

Workshop Preparation

Part 1- Reflect to Progress

 

Part 2- Effective Self-Management

 

Part 3- Self in Context

  

Performance & Wellbeing Masterclasses

These workshops take Bootcamp skills and extend them to help people manage common sources of workplace stress.

  • Managing workload and job demands: coming soon

  • Clinical care stress: coming soon

  • Performance concerns: coming soon



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Vet school mindset

 Curriculum Integration

Performance and wellbeing skills are integrated with Harper & Keele Vet School module content through module consolidation activities. Contact Jason for copies of these exercises.

Module Consolidation Activities

VET-10001: Veterinary Anatomy & Physiology

  • Preparing for EMS

VET-10005: Animal Management for Health & Production

  • Animal handling anxiety

  • Reflection or thought diary for manual handling assessment

VET10007: Animal Welfare & Behaviour

  • Animal welfare reflection exercise

VET-1009: Professional Skills & Academic Practice

  • Reflective practice exercise

VET20003: Animal Health Sciences

  • AHS thought record

  • Mock exam reflection

  • Poster presentation

VET20005: Veterinary Epidemiology & Population Medicine

  • Engagement barriers exercise and plan

VET20007: Communication & Professional Skills

  • Applied practice of reflective model video demonstration

  • Portfolio task- EMS performance barriers

VET30001: Veterinary Pathology

  • Distress in the wet lab education

  • Fear of getting it wrong education

VET30007: Veterinary Public Health and State Veterinary Medicine

  • Abattoir visit anxiety

VET30009: Law, Ethics & Professional Practice

  • Stress management reflection exercise

VET30017: Business & Professional Skills

  • Stress in the workplace workshop

  • Effective use of feedback workshop

 

Preceptor Programme

 

Other Resources


Psychologically Healthy Organisations

We are implementing a psychologically healthy practice model across Garden Vets at Keele. This model takes key indicators of a psychologically healthy workplace and converts these to organisational strategies. 

Our model of a psychologically healthy organisation:

An overview of psychologically healthy organisations.

 

Related Topics & Resources

 

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